Avdo Palic’s body was exhumed from the Vragolovi mass grave in Rogatica Municipality in November 2001.

In November 2008 ICMP undertook a full technical review of all DNA samples. Using a new DNA extraction method for processing the Vragolovi 6 samples they generated additional genetic data which enabled them to find the matches.

However they haven’t explained why they didn’t say anything about the discovery of matching data in 2008.

This has only began, the murderers of Colonel Palic must be brought to justice. By the way, the RS authorities have used this issue to politicize and blame Bosniaks for “hiding the body” and pointing at RS. However, they made no mention what so ever about kidnapping Colonel Palic from a UN base, torturing, killing and finally hiding his remains until the Federal Missing Persons Committee accidentally found him.

But of course RS are making a meal of it, that’s “what they do”. ICMP need to deal with this situation very quickly and effectively. They surely should have been prepared for RS to exploit it for their own malevolent purposes, as a smokescreen to draw attention away from the real substance of the matter, which is as you say the murder of Col. Palic.